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"We vowed not to give up!"

There were many migration hurdles to overcome when Eve Padgett and Stewart Glynn decided to migrate to
New Zealand together...

We arrived at London’s Earl’s Court for Down Under Live in March 2009 full of excitement and
anticipation. Having had long discussions (over many glasses of wine), we’d decided we wanted to
build a life together in New Zealand, and this was the start of making it happen!

We went to the stand offering free migration advice and waited to see the New Zealand agent. The queue
was very short, much shorter than the one for Australia. Had they not read about how amazing New Zealand
is? Or did they know something about Australia we didn’t? We hoped it was the former!

We met with Borey Chum from Migration Associates and talked about who we were and what we did. Borey
explained that our jobs – Stewart is an Internal Auditor and I was a Programme Assurance
Manager – weren’t on the Long Terms Skilled Shortage List (LTSSL), and that it was unlikely
we would qualify through the Skilled Migrant Category route, unless we obtained an offer of skilled
employment. It was a huge disappointment and we left deflated. We hadn’t considered that we would
fall at the first hurdle.

We spent the next few weeks looking at alternative options, even considering Australia, but our hearts
were set on New Zealand so we vowed not to give up. Then we had a stroke of luck, the timing of which
seemed like destiny calling.

Borey contacted us in July to say that the LTSSL had been updated to include Internal Auditor! We didn’t
need time to think and we appointed Borey as our Licensed Immigration Adviser, having been impressed
with his honesty and communication, to start the whole process. The next step was to apply to have
Stewart’s qualifications assessed, as we couldn’t apply without a positive assessment.